Art of Life Mindfulness Space

11/20/2025

3 Crystal Clear Enlightenment - Mindful Message 3
*** When we realize the empty, selfless nature of our being, the energy to bring about the good of others dawns uncontrived and effortless. When we see this, we understand that selflessness and love are the same thing.

Series - Vitality in all Seasons of Life

This series invites us to rediscover our true identity, become aware of the deep inner resources already within us, and live each day from this abundant wellspring.

1 Mindful Messages:
A new mindfulness message will be available online weekly every Friday from
Nov 7, 14, 21 & Dec 5, 12, 19.
* Mindful Messages Videos are published on YouTube:
Part1 : Awareness reveals our True Identity leading to Wisdom https://youtu.be/KhWpkWLdnvI?si=vfj3c-EqWN5wMHCb
Part 2: Rooted amid Change brings Acceptance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru7XLYU734M
Part 3: Crystal Clear Enlightenment
https://youtu.be/FCiN2HbSlzY
When we realize the empty, selfless nature of our being, the energy to bring about the good of others dawns uncontrived and effortless. When we see this, we understand that selflessness and love are the same thing.

Series Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHGcJLDHXVJ38QAEEPfiFScVmG3340DfC

2 Monday Mindfulness Meditation
November 10, 17, 24 & December 1, 8, 15, 22

In person in the hearthroom 6:00 - 7:00 PM
& online live link:
https://www.youtube.com//live

Monday Mindfulness Meditation 1: https://youtu.be/TRd11BDs1Yk
Monday Mindfulness Meditation 2:
https://youtu.be/DgtNVbKKHpc

Recordings of the Monday Mindfulness Meditations:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHGcJLDHXVJ38QAEEPfiFScVmG3340DfC

3 Recorded Meditations for personal use

A Variety of meditations to use anytime:
https://mindfulness.art/mbsr

4 Personal Counseling
Confidential support for your spiritual journey. Please feel free to contact Immanuel for an in-person or Zoom counseling session.

*** You don't need to sign up for the course.
Join any time at your convenience.

3 Clear Crystal Enlightenment - Mindful Message 3 - Vitality in all Seasons of LifeInformation about the mindfulness course will be available on the Mindfuln...

11/14/2025

VITALITY IN ALL SEASONS OF LIFE

This series invites us to rediscover our true identity, become aware of the deep inner resources already within us, and live each day from this abundant wellspring.

Mindful Message 2: Rooted amid Change brings Acceptance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru7XLYU734M

Part 1:Awareness reveals our True Identity , leading to Wisdom
https://youtu.be/KhWpkWLdnvI?si=vfj3c-EqWN5wMHC

Monday Mindfulness Meditation https://youtu.be/TRd11BDs1Yk

Information about the mindfulness course will be available on the Mindfulness.art website: https://mindfulness.art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru7XLYU734M

Mindful Message 2 - Vitality in all Seasons of LifeMore resources on https://mindfulness.art1 Mindful Messages:A new mindfulness message will be available on...

11/13/2025

Second Mindful Message Available in our VITALITY in All Seasons of Life - Series

This series invites us to rediscover our true identity, become aware of the deep inner resources already within us, and live each day from this abundant wellspring.

1 Mindful Messages:
A new mindfulness message will be available online weekly every Friday from
Nov 7, 14, 21 & Dec 5, 12, 19.
* Mindful Messages Videos are published on YouTube:
Part1 : Awareness revels our True Identity leading to Wisdom https://youtu.be/KhWpkWLdnvI?si=vfj3c-EqWN5wMHCb
Part 2: Rooted amid Change brings Acceptance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru7XLYU734M

Series Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHGcJLDHXVJ38QAEEPfiFScVmG3340DfC

2 Monday Mindfulness Meditation
November 10, 17, 24 & December 1, 8, 15, 22

In person in the hearthroom 6:00 - 7:00 PM
& online live link:
https://www.youtube.com//live

Recordings of the Monday Mindfulness Meditations:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHGcJLDHXVJ38QAEEPfiFScVmG3340DfC

3 Recorded Meditations for personal use

A Variety of meditations to use anytime:
https://mindfulness.art/mbsr

4 Personal Counseling
Confidential support for your spiritual journey. Please feel free to contact Immanuel for an in-person or Zoom counseling session.

*** You don't need to sign up for the course.
Join any time at your convenience.

11/07/2025

VITALITY in All Seasons of Life

This series invites us to rediscover our true identity, become aware of the deep inner resources already within us, and live each day from this abundant wellspring.

Information about the mindfulness course is available on the Mindfulness.art website: https://mindfulness.art/

1 Mindful Messages:
A new mindfulness message will be available online every Friday, starting from November 7, 14, 21 & Dec 5, 12, 19.
* Mindful Messages videos are published on YouTube:
Part1: https://youtu.be/KhWpkWLdnvI?si=PEFkwOFDVUkERY94

The Series Playlist, which includes the following sessions:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHGcJLDHXVJ38QAEEPfiFScVmG3340DfC&si=-lg4OBWhgMhMfgnS

2 Monday Mindfulness Meditation
November 10, 17, 24 & December 1, 8, 15, 22

In person in the hearth room 6:00 - 7:00 PM & online live link:
https://www.youtube.com//live
(It will be available afterwards in a playlist, that I will provide after the first evening)

3 Recorded Meditations
A Variety of meditations to use anytime:
https://mindfulness.art/mbsr

4 Personal Counseling
Confidential support for your spiritual journey. Please feel free to contact me for an in-person or Zoom counseling session.

*** You don't need to sign up for the course. Join any time at your convenience.

May this journey bring you blessings.

01/26/2023

MINDFULNESS AND PAIN RELIEF
The Pain Treatment Directory had a conversation with Immanuel van Tonder on Mindfulness and pain relief. Read the article here:

Mindfulness is an evidence-based treatment for reducing pain. This article explains why it helps and links to resources for learning mindfulness practices

12/30/2022

FREE YALE COURSE: The Science of Well-Being
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12/29/2022

DEEP ROOTS MBSR COURSE 2023
The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program was founded in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) Medical Center. It is the most well-researched mindfulness-based stress reduction program worldwide.
The MBSR offers intensive training in formal and informal mindfulness-based practices. It is an approach that combines meditation, dialogue, reflective inquiry, and mindful movement.
Immanuel van Tonder did his post-graduate studies in Mindfulness-Based Interventions at the University of Stellenbosch based on the standardized UMASS MBSR and two Mindfulness courses in London. The IMISA-accredited course could have a profound impact on your life.
The MBSR course will be presented in person on eight consecutive Thursdays, 6 pm – 8 pm, from January 19, 2023 for 8 weeks.
Contact Immanuel at 347 328 4037 or immanuelvt@gmail.com. For more information www.mindfulness.art
COST: CCRC members are welcome to attend without charge. Non-members are invited to donate to CCRC for the course according to their financial situation. (Guideline of $100 proposed) Please don't let the cost stop you from joining this life-changing path.
Discover and develop the resources and skills you already have!

12/06/2022

One Word That Fights Off Both Viruses and Loneliness...

Guess what that word is...:)

There's a way to limit your exposure to the dangers of illness and isolation.

12/03/2022

Study: Mindfulness found to be associated with emotional resilience in children during the COVID-19 pandemic - Nov 22 2022

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined whether mindfulness was related to emotional resilience in children. They specifically investigated whether more mindfulness in children in the United States (US) resulted in positive mental health outcomes during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Study: Mindfulness supports emotional resilience in children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

During pandemic-related lockdowns, children experienced negative emotions like frustration and loneliness due to isolation. The degree to which they blamed themselves for these emotions, tried to avoid feeling them, and got caught up or maintained a healthy distance from them likely determined their overall mental health.

About the study
In the present correlational study, researchers examined self-reported data from 163 eight-to-ten-year-old children living in the US, collected between July 2020 and February 2021. Since the theoretical foundations of mindfulness are attention to the present and non-judgment, the researchers administered the Mindful Awareness Attention Scale (MAAS) and Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) in this study.

Study findings
Of the 163 children, 87 were boys, and their average age was nine years and five months. Most participating children came from the US states of Georgia, Massachusetts, California, and Texas. As reported by their parents, 10, 24, and five children had anxiety, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and both ADHD and anxiety, respectively. All children fell between zero to 65 (low) on the anxiety scale, while two and one fell in the moderate (65 to 70) and severe (>70) range on the depression scale, respectively. Bivariate analysis showed that mindfulness had strong negative correlations with mental health symptoms.

The researchers noted that children scoring high on mindfulness showed no correlation between rated COVID-19 impact and negative affect. On the contrary, those who scored low showed a positive correlation between COVID-19 impact and negative affect. Several previous studies have shown that self-reported mindfulness is correlated with lower psychological distress in adults during the COVID-19-induced pandemic.

Another random-controlled trial (RCT) also showed that a four-week mobile-phone mindfulness intervention reduced anxiety symptoms in university students under quarantine. Studies by Coffman et al. (2006) and Williams (2008) showed that mindfully treating experiences in a non-judgmental and accepting manner could help individuals decrease depressive rumination.

In a new study, researchers determined whether mindfulness was related to emotional resilience in children.

11/25/2022

Smile...

11/24/2022

Mindfulness and Pain relief:

Researchers found that participants who were actively meditating reported a 32 percent reduction in pain intensity and a 33 percent reduction in pain unpleasantness.

One of the central tenets of mindfulness is the principle that you are not your experiences. You train yourself to experience thoughts and sensations without attaching your ego or sense of self to them, and we're now finally seeing how this plays out in the brain during the experience of acute pain.

For many people struggling with chronic pain, what often affects their quality of life most is not the pain itself, but the mental suffering and frustration that comes along with it," said Zeidan. "Their pain becomes a part of who they are as individuals -; something they can't escape -; and this exacerbates their suffering.

By relinquishing the self-referential appraisal of pain, mindfulness meditation may provide a new method for pain treatment. Mindfulness meditation is also free and can be practiced anywhere. Still, Zeidan said he hopes trainings can be made even more accessible and integrated into standard outpatient procedures.

"We feel like we are on the verge of discovering a novel non-opioid-based pain mechanism in which the default mode network plays a critical role in producing analgesia. We are excited to continue exploring the neurobiology of mindfulness and its clinical potential across various disorders."

Fadel Zeidan, PhD, senior author, associate professor of anesthesiology, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Source:
University of California - San Diego

Journal reference:
Riegner, G., et al. (2022) Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling. Pain. doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002731.

11/23/2022

Mindfulness found to be associated with emotional resilience in children during the COVID-19 pandemic

In a new study, researchers determined whether mindfulness was related to emotional resilience in children.